FIFA head of media Delia Fischer told a news conference in Rio de Janeiro: "We have received a declaration that they are planning to appeal. They informed us of their intention to appeal yesterday evening."

Fischer said Uruguayan football officials had seven days in which to submit the appeal in writing.

The player's defence was in paragraph six of FIFA's ruling, which has been seen by The Associated Press.

Suarez wrote: "After the impact... I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player, leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth."

But the seven-man panel ruled that the bite was "deliberate, intentional and without provocation."

Dalglish believes the player -- who he strongly backed him after he was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra -- needs help to address his problems and said he was confident Liverpool would not turn their backs on him.

Writing in the Daily Mirror, he explained: "It is my belief that, when you bring a player to a football club, he becomes your responsibility. You don't just turn you back on a player because he has done something wrong.

"I think you will find that Liverpool will not turn their back on Suarez, whatever the ban FIFA have decided he must serve.

"Some people have injuries you can't see. Sometimes, when people have something wrong with them, just because they don't have a plaster cast on their leg, people think they don't need help."